November 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

smart and bielefeld
by René Matthäi 11 Nov '05

11 Nov '05

Hi, after having added the uni-bielefeld apt-mirror, the smart update command becomes stuck at 99%: # smart channel --add suse-apt-base-bielefeld type=apt-rpm name="SUSE Linux packages apt-rpm repository on ftp://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de" baseurl=ftp://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/SuSE/10.0-i386 components=base Alias: suse-apt-base-bielefeld Type: apt-rpm Name: SUSE Linux packages apt-rpm repository on ftp://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de Base URL: ftp://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/SuSE/10.0-i386 Components: base Include this channel? (y/N): y # smart update Loading cache... Updating cache... ####################################### ( 99%) Greetings, René -- Registered Linux User #324404

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liscence of opensuse
by Yonny Leon Camacho 11 Nov '05

11 Nov '05

Hi, i am in Venezuela, here only we can use free software, open suse is GPL ? it is about 4 freedom thanks

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Palm sync with yahoo?
by Simon Roberts 11 Nov '05

11 Nov '05

Hi All, Now that my palm is behaving itself, I'd like to be able to share my calendar (and address book) information with yahoo. Yahoo provides a tool to do this in whindoze, but not for Linux so far as I can see. Is there such a tool, and if so where/what's it called? TIA, Cheers, Simon "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." Naguib Mahfouz __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [SLE] Floppy mount in Suse 10
by Matt Stamm 11 Nov '05

11 Nov '05

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Peter A. Taylor" <murmur(a)ghg.net> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:54:29 -0600 >On Thursday 10 November 2005 12:32, Matt Stamm wrote: >> I just started using Suse 10 and noticed that the >> floppy gets mounted during system-startup. I'm use >> to Suse 8.1 where I mount and un-mount the floppy >> as needed. How can I prevent the floppy mount during >> system startup? I looked breifly in Yast but didn't >> see anything. > > Look at these, especially the first one: > >http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2005/05/dkukawka_subfs_nomount.html >http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2005/05/dkukawka_hal_mountpoints.html > > I am using SuSE 9.3, and am having trouble with hotplugging. Actually, I >have installed 9.3 on one partition, but am actually using 8.2 . I use my >USB card reader a lot, and under 9.3, it only seems to work if it is present >at boot up, and only until the first time I remove it. I am thinking of >buying 10.0 in the hope that the problem has been fixed. It is not clear >from anything I've seen on the list whether it has. > > Peter Taylor > Peter, The first link looks like the info I need. Thank you! I'm not doing any hotplugging so I cannot say whether Suse 10 works there. I just upgraded from Suse 8.1 to 10, and although there are some changes and quirks, I like it! Matt

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Re: [opensuse] again on OpenSUSE Licence
by n.losito＠libero.it 11 Nov '05

11 Nov '05

> Please don't troll. Never, ever, wanted to do that ! > Read my comment on your blog post: Thanks for the answer, it seems I've lost some emails from the thread .... I'll go to re-read them ... if i don't get something I'll ask again :-) -- Nicola .:kOoLiNuS:. Losito http://kool-solutions.blogspot.com

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again on OpenSUSE Licence
by n.losito＠libero.it 11 Nov '05

11 Nov '05

Thanks to my "friend" Karanbir [1], I got a link to this post [2] [please scroll on 26 oct 2005 if the link doesn't get you there...]: Cit: "The Software is a collective work of Novell. You may make and use unlimited copies of the Software for Your distribution and use within Your Organization. You may make and distribute unlimited copies of the Software outside Your organization provided that: 1) You receive no consideration; and, 2) you do not bundle or combine the Software with another offering (e.g., software, hardware, or service)." As i've commented out on Karan's blog there was actually someone asking HERE for a clean answer, and I believe that in the terms staten over there there is very little OPEN in opensuse developmente capability. I hope this will go better, because we do not need a closed community .... or, at least, I am not interested in joining one .... [1] http://www.karan.org/blog/index.php/2005/11/10/ [2] href="http://www.sabi.co.uk/Notes/anno05-4th.html#051026 -- Nicola .:kOoLiNuS:. Losito http://kool-solutions.blogspot.com jabber-id: koolinus(a)jabber.linux.it

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Installing from hard drive
by Alexander S. Usov 11 Nov '05

11 Nov '05

Is it possible to do a hard-drive installation using SUSE-10.0-EvalDVD* images? When I am trying to feed the image into the installation program it produces error message like (typed in from memory, could be not precise): mounting image: /mounts/extra/suse/SUSE.iso Error: value too big for the defined datatype -- Best regards, Alexander.

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Memory question
by lerninlinux＠comcast.net 11 Nov '05

11 Nov '05

I've been gone for a while, due to a cooked computer. I had to work off my Samba box, that is slow and just a place to put drivers, iso's and docs. So I built a new machine "I'm back", and I am trying to save a little bit of money. I reused my ram (I had just bought it for the other machine when the drives started cooking, never installed). It is only PC2100, although the board takes it, and uses it as dual channel, but the board takes up to PC3200. As this isn't a game machine, how much real world desktop performance would I see by swapping the memory? System specs AMD 64 4000 (only upgraded because of the price I got this for) Gigabyte K8nsc939 1 gb pc 2100 Thanks all

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RE: Re: [opensuse] RE: SuSE / Linux in Europe?
by Mike Dzikowski 11 Nov '05

11 Nov '05

Yes, I just wanted to hear some general comments on other countries usage of Linux. But yes, that was comparing to North America. Michael Dzikowski Support Technician The Harvard Drug Group mdzikowski(a)thdg.com Phone:(734)-743-6258 Fax:(734)-743-7258 -----Original Message----- From: Per Jessen [mailto:per@computer.org] Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 2:43 AM To: opensuse(a)opensuse.org Subject: Re: [opensuse] RE: SuSE / Linux in Europe? Mike Dzikowski wrote: > Is the use of Linux more popular in Europe? Just wondering? More popular than where? :-) Well, assuming you meant more popular than in North America, I think probably yes. In Europe, Linux certainly seems to be used more in industry and government, and there's a lot of talk about it everywhere you go. On the other hand, some of the biggest investors are North American companies (IBM, Novell, etc.) /Per Jessen, Zürich -- http://www.spamchek.ch/ - managed anti-spam and anti-virus solution. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-help(a)opensuse.org

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NTPD - local network server
by Chadley Wilson 11 Nov '05

11 Nov '05

Greetings, xntp-4.2.0a-46 Would this be the correct daemon to run on my Linux samba PDC for windows clients to sync to via dhcp? The reason for asking is that I have set it up but it only listems on local host and not even another linux server running the same version can see the server? Here is my config file: (comments removed) fwlsasolburg:~ # grep -v ^# /etc/ntp.conf server 127.127.1.0 # local clock (LCL) fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10 # LCL is unsynchronized driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift/ntp.drift # path for drift file logfile /var/log/ntp # alternate log file broadcast 172.150.0.0/16 broadcast 172.100.0.0/16 and the /etc/sysconfig/ntpd (comments removed) fwlsasolburg:~ # grep -v ^# /etc/sysconfig/ntp NTPD_INITIAL_NTPDATE="" NTPD_OPTIONS="-u ntp" NTPD_RUN_CHROOTED="yes" NTPD_CHROOT_FILES="" Now I know you are going to say that there should be external sources here, however I do not want any external sources. This server is purley for internal sync, there need not be any international syncing. fwlsasolburg:~ # ntpq -p remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================================== *LOCAL(0) LOCAL(0) 10 l 54 64 377 0.000 0.000 0.001 Firewall is off right now... What do you think I am missing here? TIA Chadley

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